‹ Japanese decksJLPT N1
3466 words, in teaching order
感触feel (of something); touch; texture; sensation; feeling; impression
Noun
合致agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
Noun
休戦cease-fire; truce; armistice
Noun
戯曲drama; play; Chinese opera
Noun
区切りpause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop; pause; milestone (e.g. in a project)
Noun
組み込むto insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
Godan verb
傾斜inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip; tilt; lean
Noun
激励encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
Noun
口頭oral; verbal; spoken; parol
No-adjective
小柄small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
Na-adjective
差額balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
Noun
親しむto be intimate with; to befriend
Godan verb
所定prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
No-adjective
自在being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
Noun
切実earnest; sincere; acute; keen; fervent; pressing; urgent; serious; severe; pertinent; …
Na-adjective
先着arriving first; first to arrive; moving first
Noun
着目attention; giving one's attention; focusing
Noun
手がかりclue; lead; key; trail; scent; track; handhold; hold
Noun
転じるto turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
Ichidan verb
悩ますto afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
Godan verb
納入payment (of taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
Noun
引き分けdraw (in competition); tie game
Noun
一筋one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); one strand (e.g. of hair); one beam (e.g. of light); one ray; one length (e.g. of rope); earnest; resolute; intent; devoted; …
Noun
肥料manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
Noun
膨れるto swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
Ichidan verb
本場home (of something); place famous for its ...; center (e.g. of manufacture); best place (for); place of origin; birthplace; cradle; morning session; last session in the morning
Noun
膨張expansion; swelling; increase; growth
Noun
役職post; official position; managerial position; executive position
Noun
有望promising; hopeful; full of promise
Na-adjective
朗読reading aloud; recitation
Noun
盛大grand; magnificent; lavish; large scale; prosperous; thriving; lively; forceful; powerful; vigorous
Na-adjective
頑丈solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
Na-adjective
可愛らしいlovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
I-adjective
嗜好taste; liking; preference
Noun
漂うto drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
Godan verb
よほどvery; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite; just about to; almost; very nearly
Adverb
並びにand (also); both ... and; as well as
Conjunction
労力labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
Noun
動力power; motive power; three-phase electricity
Noun
執着attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession; clinging (e.g. to old customs)
Noun
強行forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
Noun
獲物prey; catch; kill; game; spoils; trophy; loot; plunder
Noun
率いるto lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
Ichidan verb
脈pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
Noun
街道highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
Noun
規範model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
Noun
過ちfault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
Noun
交互alternate; alternating
No-adjective
代わるto succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone); to be exchanged; to change (places with); …
Godan verb
ああah!; oh!; alas!; yes; indeed; that is correct; aah; gah; argh; hey!; …
Interjection
あのthat; those; the
Pre-noun adjectival
粗筋outline; summary; argument
Noun
あるa certain ...; some ...
Pre-noun adjectival
いただきますthank you (for the meal just served); I receive (this meal)
Expression
一日one day; first day of the month
Noun
一挙にat a stroke; with a single swoop
Adverb
いつでもalways; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)
Adverb
いつまでもforever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly; for a long time
Adverb
打ち合わせるto knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate; to prearrange
Ichidan verb
おかげさまでthankfully; fortunately; luckily; by God's grace; under the gods' shadow; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support; thanks to your efforts
Expression
おごるto be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
Godan verb
お邪魔しますplease excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
Expression
お世辞flattery; compliment
Noun
お大事にtake care of yourself; get well soon
Expression
お使いerrand; mission; going on an errand; messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl; familiar spirit
Noun
おやすみholiday; day off; absence; sleep; rest; good night
Noun
かしこまりましたcertainly!; very well; with pleasure; understood!
Expression
かねてpreviously; already; for some time; for quite a while
Adverb
かもしれないmay; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Expression
かわいがるto be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on; to show one's love (for); to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress; to pet
Godan verb
かわるがわるalternately; by turns
Adverb
がちartistry; good taste; elegance; grace
Noun
ぐらいapproximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like
Suffix
光熱費cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost
Noun
このごろthese days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
Adverb
ございますto be; to exist; to be (doing)
Expression
しあさってin three days' time; two days after tomorrow
Noun
しまったdarn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
Interjection
しゃれるto dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
Ichidan verb
耳鼻科otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department
Noun
すまないinexcusable; unjustifiable; unpardonable; sorry; remorseful; apologetic; conscience-stricken; contrite; excuse me; (I'm) sorry; …
I-adjective
ぜひともby all means; at all costs; absolutely
Adverb
即座にimmediately; right away; on the spot
Adverb
そのうえin addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
Conjunction
そのうちbefore very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them; among others
Expression
それからand then; after that
Expression
それではwell, ...; right, ...; now, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case; in that case; bye then
Conjunction
だいいちfirst; foremost; number one; most important; best; greatest; most; above all; besides; in any case; …
No-adjective
丁目nth district of a town; nth city block
Suffix
努めてas much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's ability; diligently
Adverb